Developers Are People, Too
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As UX professionals, we pride ourselves on our empathy for our users, yet we often struggle to bridge the gap with the developers who conjure our designs into reality. UXers and Developers often think much alike – both professions call for creativity, attention to detail, and an analytical perspective – but we work from different playbooks. We speak of minimalist design; developers speak of elegant code. We look to UX design patterns, developers look to Object Oriented design patterns. This presentation explores areas of common ground and techniques for ‘working across the aisle’ via documentation, communication, and collaboration.
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- 1. Josh Cothran Georgia Tech Research Institute josh.cothran@gtri.gatech.edu @joshcothran Developers Are People, Too http://slidesha.re/dapt2011
- 2. 2 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute Clarke, Profiles of the Future, 1962 http://obamapacman.com/2010/04/ipad-x-ray-made-with-mac/
- 3. 3 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 But it’s not magic Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute http://obamapacman.com/2010/04/ipad-x-ray-made-with-mac/
- 4. 4 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Software is no different “Magic!” User Interface Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 5. 5 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Software is no different Data “Magic!” Logic User Interface User Interface Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 6. 6 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Data-oriented perspective Data Logic User Interface Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 7. 7 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Opportunity: Meet the developer halfway Data Logic User Interface Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 8. 8 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Ivan Sutherland, Sketchpad (1963) Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 9. 9 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Design versus Development Similar Skills Different Mindsets Creative Shades of grey vs. Analytical Black and white Detail-oriented The forest vs. Heuristics-oriented The trees Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 10. 10 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Documentation Specific and Actionable Flow Charts, Wireframes, Sitemaps Personas, Concept Models Better documentation doesn’t fix a dysfunctional relationship Documentation mediates interaction Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 11. 11 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Documentation-Interaction Continuum Interaction Documentation 100% Documentation 50/50 100% Interaction Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute http://bit.ly/hbr-km Hansen et al., “What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?” Harvard Business Review, 1999
- 12. 12 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Documentation-Interaction Continuum Interaction Agile Flat Organization Small Team Documentation 100% Documentation 50/50 100% Interaction Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 13. 13 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Documentation-Interaction Spectrum Interaction Problem-specific Custom Tacit Documentation 100% Documentation 50/50 100% Interaction Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 14. 14 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Documentation-Interaction Continuum Interaction Waterfall Siloed Organization Large Team Documentation 100% Documentation 50/50 100% Interaction Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 15. 15 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Documentation-Interaction Continuum Interaction Standardized Reusable Explicit Documentation 100% Documentation 50/50 100% Interaction Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 16. 16 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Where do you stand? Interaction Documentation 100% Documentation 50/50 100% Interaction Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 17. 17 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Techniques Issue Tracking Designer, meet Developer Participatory Design Developer, meet Designer Prototyping Meet Halfway Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 18. 18 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Issue Tracking Designer, meet Developer Direct involvement in the development process Task-oriented Opportunity: tie in documentation Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 19. 19 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Participatory Design Developer, meet Designer Identifyissues Design goals Scenarios Paper prototyping Present and critique Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute http://nform.com/tradingcards/participatory-design http://www.infodesign.com.au/ftp/ParticipatoryDesign.pdf
- 20. 20 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Prototyping Meet Halfway Who wants to read documentation? Show, don’t tell Common ground Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute Warfel, Prototyping: A Practitioner’s Guide, 2009 Axure RP | http://axure.com/
- 21. 21 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Meet the developer halfway Data Logic User Interface Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 22. 22 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Documentation-Interaction Continuum Interaction Documentation Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 23. 23 http://slidesha.re/dapt2011 Techniques Issue Tracking Designer, meet Developer Participatory Design Developer, meet Designer Prototyping Meet Halfway Josh Cothran, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- 24. Josh Cothran Georgia Tech Research Institute josh.cothran@gtri.gatech.edu @joshcothran Developers Are People, Too http://slidesha.re/dapt2011